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Mohammadi S, Ghaderi S. Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism syndromes: Evaluating iron deposition in the putamen using magnetic susceptibility MRI techniques - A systematic review and literature analysis. Heliyon 2024; 10:e27950. [PMID: 38689949 PMCID: PMC11059419 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, such as quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) and susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI), can detect iron deposition in the brain. Iron accumulation in the putamen (PUT) can contribute to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical Parkinsonian disorders. This systematic review aimed to synthesize evidence on iron deposition in the PUT assessed by MRI susceptibility techniques in PD and Parkinsonism syndromes. The PubMed and Scopus databases were searched for relevant studies. Thirty-four studies from January 2007 to October 2023 that used QSM, SWI, or other MRI susceptibility methods to measure putaminal iron in PD, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), multiple system atrophy (MSA), and healthy controls (HCs) were included. Most studies have found increased putaminal iron levels in PD patients versus HCs based on higher quantitative susceptibility. Putaminal iron accumulation correlates with worse motor scores and cognitive decline in patients with PD. Evidence regarding differences in susceptibility between PD and atypical Parkinsonism is emerging, with several studies showing greater putaminal iron deposition in PSP and MSA than in PD patients. Alterations in putaminal iron levels help to distinguish these disorders from PD. Increased putaminal iron levels appear to be associated with increased disease severity and progression. Thus, magnetic susceptibility MRI techniques can detect abnormal iron accumulation in the PUT of patients with Parkinsonism. Moreover, quantifying putaminal susceptibility may serve as an MRI biomarker to monitor motor and cognitive changes in PD and aid in the differential diagnosis of Parkinsonian disorders.
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- Sana Mohammadi
- Department of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Neuroscience and Addiction Studies, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Feng Q, Yi J, Li T, Liang B, Xu F, Peng P. Narrative review of magnetic resonance imaging in quantifying liver iron load. Front Med (Lausanne) 2024; 11:1321513. [PMID: 38362538 PMCID: PMC10867177 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1321513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
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Objective To summarize the research progress of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in quantifying liver iron load. Methods To summarize the current status and progress of MRI technology in the quantitative study of liver iron load through reviewing the relevant literature at home and abroad. Results Different MRI sequence examination techniques have formed a series of non-invasive methods for the examination of liver iron load. These techniques have important clinical significance in the imaging diagnosis of liver iron load. So far, the main MRI methods used to assess liver iron load are: signal intensity measurement method (signal intensity, SI) [signal intensity ratio (SIR) and difference in in-phase and out-of-phase signal intensity], T2/R2 measurement (such as FerriScan technique), ultra-short echo time (UTE) imaging technique, and susceptibility weighted imaging (including conventional susceptibility weighted imaging) (SWI), quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM), T2*/R2* measurement, Dixon and its derivative techniques. Conclusion MRI has become the first choice for the non-invasive examination of liver iron overload, and it is helpful to improve the early detection of liver injury, liver fibrosis, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by liver iron overload.
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- Qing Feng
- Department of Radiology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Liuzhou Workers' Hospital, Liuzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Liuzhou Workers' Hospital, Liuzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Liuzhou Workers' Hospital, Liuzhou, China
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- School of International Education, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Radiology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Liuzhou Workers' Hospital, Liuzhou, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Tipirneni-Sajja A, Brasher S, Shrestha U, Johnson H, Morin C, Satapathy SK. Quantitative MRI of diffuse liver diseases: techniques and tissue-mimicking phantoms. MAGMA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 36:529-551. [PMID: 36515810 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-022-01053-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are emerging as non-invasive alternatives to biopsy for assessment of diffuse liver diseases of iron overload, steatosis and fibrosis. For testing and validating the accuracy of these techniques, phantoms are often used as stand-ins to human tissue to mimic diffuse liver pathologies. However, currently, there is no standardization in the preparation of MRI-based liver phantoms for mimicking iron overload, steatosis, fibrosis or a combination of these pathologies as various sizes and types of materials are used to mimic the same liver disease. Liver phantoms that mimic specific MR features of diffuse liver diseases observed in vivo are important for testing and calibrating new MRI techniques and for evaluating signal models to accurately quantify these features. In this study, we review the liver morphology associated with these diffuse diseases, discuss the quantitative MR techniques for assessing these liver pathologies, and comprehensively examine published liver phantom studies and discuss their benefits and limitations.
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- Aaryani Tipirneni-Sajja
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA.
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
- Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Northwell Health Center for Liver Diseases and Transplantation, Northshore University Hospital/Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA
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Jin M, Jiang Y, Zhao Q, Pan Z, Xiao F. Diagnostic value of T2 relaxation time for hepatic iron grading in rat model of fatty and fibrotic liver. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0278574. [PMID: 36469532 PMCID: PMC9721484 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to assess the quantitative diagnostic value of T2 relaxation time for determining liver iron grades in the presence of fat and fibrosis. Sixty Sprague-Dawley (SD) male rats were randomly divided into control (10 rats) and model (50 rats) groups. The model group of coexisting iron, steatosis, and liver fibrosis was induced by intraperitoneal injection of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) dissolved in edible vegetable oil (40% v/v). The control group received an intraperitoneal injection of 0.9% saline. All rats underwent multi-echo gradient and spin echo (M-GRASE) magnetic resonance imaging, and the T2 relaxation time of the liver was measured. The rats were killed immediately after imaging, and liver specimens were extracted for histological evaluation of steatosis, iron, and fibrosis. The relationship and differences between T2 relaxation time and liver fibrosis stage, as well as the pathological grade of hepatic steatosis, were assessed by Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, non-parametric Mann-Whitney test, and the Kruskal-Wallis test. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve and interaction analysis were used to quantify the diagnostic performance of T2 relaxation time for detecting different degrees of liver iron grades. Six normal control rats and 34 model rats were included in this study. Fibrosis stages were F0 (n = 6), F1 (n = 6), F2 (n = 8), F3 (n = 10), and F4 (n = 10). Steatosis grades were S0 (n = 5), S1 (n = 8), S2 (n = 12), and S3 (n = 15). Hepatocyte or Kupffer cell iron grades were 0 (n = 7), 1 (n = 9), 2 (n = 12), 3 (n = 10), and 4 (n = 2). The liver fibrosis stages were positively correlated with the iron grades (P < 0.01), and the iron grades and fibrosis stages were negatively correlated with the T2 relaxation time (P < 0.01). The T2 relaxation times exhibited strongly significant differences among rats with different histologically determined iron grades (P < 0.01). Pairwise comparisons between each grade of liver iron indicated significant differences between all iron grades, except between grades 0 and 1, and between grades 1 and 2 (P > 0.05). The T2 relaxation time of the liver had an area under the receiving operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.965 (95% CI 0.908-0.100, P < 0.001) for distinguishing rats with a pathological grade of hepatic iron (grade ≥ 1) from those without, an AUC of 0.871 (95% CI 0.757-0.985, P < 0.001) for distinguishing rats with no iron overload (grade ≤ 1) from rats with moderate or severe iron overload (grade ≥ 2), and an AUC of 0.939 (95% CI 0.865-1.000, P < 0.001) for distinguishing rats with no to moderate iron overload (grade ≤ 2) from rats with severe iron overload (grade 3). The interaction of different pathological grades of iron, steatosis, and fibrosis has a negligible influence on the T2 relaxation time (P > 0.05). In conclusion, T2 relaxation time can assess histologically determined liver iron grades, regardless of coexisting liver steatosis or fibrosis; therefore, it is suitable for distinguishing between the presence and absence of iron deposition and it is more accurate for higher iron grading.
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- Mingli Jin
- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, China National Nuclear Corporation 416 Hospital, Cheng du, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, China National Nuclear Corporation 416 Hospital, Cheng du, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, China National Nuclear Corporation 416 Hospital, Cheng du, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, China National Nuclear Corporation 416 Hospital, Cheng du, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
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Dimov AV, Gillen KM, Nguyen TD, Kang J, Sharma R, Pitt D, Gauthier SA, Wang Y. Magnetic Susceptibility Source Separation Solely from Gradient Echo Data: Histological Validation. Tomography 2022; 8:1544-1551. [PMID: 35736875 PMCID: PMC9228115 DOI: 10.3390/tomography8030127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) facilitates mapping of the bulk magnetic susceptibility of tissue from the phase of complex gradient echo (GRE) MRI data. QSM phase processing combined with an R2* model of magnitude of multiecho gradient echo data (R2*QSM) allows separation of dia- and para-magnetic components (e.g., myelin and iron) that contribute constructively to R2* value but destructively to the QSM value of a voxel. This R2*QSM technique is validated against quantitative histology—optical density of myelin basic protein and Perls’ iron histological stains of rim and core of 10 ex vivo multiple sclerosis lesions, as well as neighboring normal appearing white matter. We found that R2*QSM source maps are in good qualitative agreement with histology, e.g., showing increased iron concentration at the edge of the rim+ lesions and myelin loss in the lesions’ core. Furthermore, our results indicate statistically significant correlation between paramagnetic and diamagnetic tissue components estimated with R2*QSM and optical densities of Perls’ and MPB stains. These findings provide direct support for the use of R2*QSM magnetic source separation based solely on GRE complex data to characterize MS lesion composition.
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- Alexey V. Dimov
- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA; (A.V.D.); (K.M.G.); (T.D.N.); (J.K.); (R.S.)
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA; (A.V.D.); (K.M.G.); (T.D.N.); (J.K.); (R.S.)
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA; (A.V.D.); (K.M.G.); (T.D.N.); (J.K.); (R.S.)
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA; (A.V.D.); (K.M.G.); (T.D.N.); (J.K.); (R.S.)
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA; (A.V.D.); (K.M.G.); (T.D.N.); (J.K.); (R.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Yale Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA;
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10022, USA;
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA; (A.V.D.); (K.M.G.); (T.D.N.); (J.K.); (R.S.)
- Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
- Correspondence:
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Dimov AV, Nguyen TD, Gillen KM, Marcille M, Spincemaille P, Pitt D, Gauthier SA, Wang Y. Susceptibility source separation from gradient echo data using magnitude decay modeling. J Neuroimaging 2022; 32:852-859. [PMID: 35668022 DOI: 10.1111/jon.13014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The objective is to demonstrate feasibility of separating magnetic sources in quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) by incorporating magnitude decay rates R 2 ∗ $R_2^{\rm{*}}$ in gradient echo (GRE) MRI. METHODS Magnetic susceptibility source separation was developed using R 2 ∗ $R_2^{\rm{*}}$ and compared with a prior method using R 2 ' = R 2 ∗ - R 2 ${R^{\prime}_2} = R_2^* - {R_2}$ that required an additional sequence to measure the transverse relaxation rate R2 . Both susceptibility separation methods were compared in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients (n = 17). Susceptibility values of negative sources estimated with R 2 ∗ $R_2^{\rm{*}}$ -based source separation in a set of enhancing MS lesions (n = 44) were correlated against longitudinal myelin water fraction (MWF) changes. RESULTS In in vivo data, linear regression of the estimated χ + ${\chi}^{+}$ and χ - ${\chi}^{-}$ susceptibility values between the R 2 ∗ $R_2^*$ - and the R 2 ' ${R^{\prime}_2}$ -based separation methods performed across 182 segmented lesions revealed correlation coefficient r = .96 and slope close .99. Correlation analysis in enhancing lesions revealed a significant positive association between the χ - ${\chi}^{-}$ increase at 1-year post-onset relative to 0 year and the MWF increase at 1 year relative to 0 year (β = -0.144, 95% confidence interval: [-0.199, -0.1], p = .0008) and good agreement between R 2 ' ${R^{\prime}_2}$ and R 2 ∗ $R_2^*$ methods (r = .79, slope = .95). CONCLUSIONS Separation of magnetic sources based solely on GRE complex data is feasible by combining magnitude decay rate modeling and phase-based QSM and χ - ${\chi}^{-}$ change may serve as a biomarker for myelin recovery or damage in acute MS lesions.
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- Alexey V Dimov
- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Meloni A, Positano V, Pistoia L, Cademartiri F. Pancreatic iron quantification with MR imaging: a practical guide. Abdom Radiol (NY) 2022; 47:2397-2407. [PMID: 35596775 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-022-03552-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Accurate determination of pancreatic iron status is crucial for preventing impairment of the exocrine and endocrine function of the pancreas and for prospectively stratifying the cardiac iron risk. The following article should be a sort of practical guide for radiologists interested in quantifying pancreatic iron overload by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). After a brief background on iron-deposition diseases, we will describe basic principles and relative advantages and disadvantages of the more widely used and clinically feasible MRI-based techniques for pancreatic iron assessment. These methods can be classified into signal intensity ratio (SIR) and relaxometry methods. We will examine different technical aspects representing the key for accurate and precise relaxation time measurement.
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- Antonella Meloni
- Department of Radiology, Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Via Moruzzi, 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy
- U.O.C. Bioingegneria, Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Via Moruzzi, 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy
- U.O.C. Bioingegneria, Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Via Moruzzi, 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Via Moruzzi, 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
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Bayraktaroglu S, Karadas N, Onen S, Karapinar DY, Aydinok Y. Modern management of iron overload in thalassemia major patients guided by MRI techniques: real-world data from a long-term cohort study. Ann Hematol 2022; 101:521-529. [DOI: 10.1007/s00277-021-04748-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Wang C, Reeder SB, Hernando D. Relaxivity-iron calibration in hepatic iron overload: Reproducibility and extension of a Monte Carlo model. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2021; 34:e4604. [PMID: 34462976 PMCID: PMC9019851 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The aim of this study was to reproduce relaxivity-iron calibration in hepatic iron overload using a Monte Carlo model, and further extend the model with multiple spin echo (MSE) imaging. As previously reported, relationships between relaxation rates ( R2* and single spin echo R2 ) and liver iron concentration (LIC) can be characterized by a Monte Carlo model incorporating realistic liver structure, iron distribution, and proton mobility. In this study, relaxivity-iron calibration curves at 1.5 and 3.0 T were simulated using the Monte Carlo model. Furthermore, the model was extended with MSE imaging, and iron calibrations were evaluated using two different fitting models: mononexponential with a constant offset and nonmonoexponential. Results consistent with previous empirical calibrations and Monte Carlo predictions were accurately reproduced for relaxivity-iron calibration. The predicted R2* and single spin echo R2 increased by a factor of 2.00 and 1.51, respectively, at 1.5 versus 3.0 T. MSE signals and their corresponding R2 depended strongly on LIC, interecho time, and field strength. Preliminary results showed that a nonmonoexponential model accurately characterizes the simulated MSE signals, and that strong correlations were found between predicted relaxation parameters and LIC. In conclusion, relaxivity-iron calibration is reproducible using the proposed Monte Carlo model. Furthermore, this model can be readily extended to other important applications, including predicting signal behavior for MSE imaging.
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- Changqing Wang
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Corresponding author: Diego Hernando, PhD, Room 2474, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR-2), 1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, (608) 265-7590,
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Doyle EK, Thornton S, Toy KA, Powell AJ, Wood JC. Improving CPMG liver iron estimates with a T 1 -corrected proton density estimator. Magn Reson Med 2021; 86:3348-3359. [PMID: 34324729 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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PURPOSE CPMG spin echo acquisitions are attractive for diagnosing and monitoring liver iron concentration in iron overload disorders due to their time efficiency and potential to reveal unique information about tissue iron distribution. Clinical adoption remains low due to the insensitivity of CPMG-based R 2 estimates to liver iron concentration (LIC) when common fitting techniques are applied. In this work, we demonstrate that the inclusion of a proton density estimator (PDE) derived from the CPMG acquisition increase the sensitivity of CPMG R 2 estimates to LIC in both simulated and in-vivo human data. THEORY AND METHODS CPMG R 2 acquisitions from 50 clinically indicated MRI studies in patients with iron overload were analyzed with and without PDE constraints. Liver regions of interest were fit to monoexpontial and nonexponential signal decay equations. LIC by R 2 ∗ served as the reference standard. The observed calibration between CPMG R 2 values and LIC were compared to results predicted from a previously validated Monte Carlo model. RESULTS The sensitivity of CPMG-derived R 2 triples when a proton density constraint is applied. When compared with R 2 ∗ -LIC estimates, both monoexponential and nonexponential models were unbiased but demonstrated broad 95% confidence intervals particularly for LIC values below 12 mg/g. Absolute error did not increase with LIC. CONCLUSION A proton density constraint can increase the sensitivity of CPMG-based models to iron. CPMG acquisitions are time-efficient and could potentially improve the dynamic range of single spin echo techniques as well as providing insight into tissue iron distribution.
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- Eamon K Doyle
- Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Wang X, Hu Y, Lu X, Cai Y, Shu J. Quantitative T2 mapping of rats with chronic hepatitis. Exp Ther Med 2021; 21:225. [PMID: 33603834 PMCID: PMC7851601 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2021.9656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The aim of the study was to explore the diagnostic value of T2 mapping in an experimental rat model of chronic liver disease. Chronic hepatitis was induced in Sprague-Dawley male rats (n=88) by intraperitoneal and abdominal subcutaneous injection of carbon tetrachloride in olive oil. The normal control rats (n=12) were similarly injected with the same dose of normal saline. All rats were randomly selected and subjected to T2-weighted/spectral adiabatic inversion recovery and multiple gradient- and spin-echo sequence. After scanning, rats were sacrificed immediately and livers removed for staining with hematoxylin and eosin, as well as Masson's trichrome, to determine the pathological stage of hepatic fibrosis, necroinflammatory activity and steatosis. The T2 values were measured and associated with histopathological findings. The T2 values were significantly associated with hepatic fibrosis (P<0.05), but not with hepatitis (P>0.05) or steatosis (P>0.05). By partial correlation analysis, a significant positive correlation was observed between the T2 values and stages of liver fibrosis (r=0.820; P<0.05). T2 values increased with progressive hepatic fibrosis. The differences between T2 values and stages of liver fibrosis were statistically significant. Statistically significant differences were observed between different stages of liver fibrosis (P<0.05), with an area under the curve value of 0.944 for predicting stage F1 or greater, 0.942 for stage F2 or greater, 0.958 for stage F3 or greater, and 0.948 for F4. Thus, the T2 value is one of the quantitative indices of imaging and accurately reflects the stages of liver fibrosis.
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- Xiaofeng Wang
- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, P.R. China
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Value of liver iron concentration in healthy volunteers assessed by MRI. Sci Rep 2020; 10:17887. [PMID: 33087836 PMCID: PMC7577999 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-74968-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Iron overload is a relatively common clinical condition resulting from disorders such as hereditary hemochromatosis, thalassemia, sickle cell disease, and myelodysplasia that can lead to progressive fibrosis and eventually cirrhosis of the liver. Therefore, it is essential to recognize the disease process at the earliest stage. Liver biopsy is the reference test for the assessment of liver fibrosis. It also allows for quantifying liver iron concentration (LIC) in patients. However, this is an invasive method with significant limitations and possible risks. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and evaluation of the R2* relaxation rate can be an alternative to biopsy for assessing LIC. However, it causes a need for accurate R2* data corresponding to standard value for further comparison with examined patients. This study aimed to assess the normative values of liver R2* in healthy individuals. A total of 100 volunteers that met established criteria were enrolled in the study: 36 (36%) men and 64 (64%) women. The mean age was 22.9 years (range 20 to 32 years). R2* was estimated by an MRI exam with a 1.5 T clinical magnetic resonance scanner. Images for measuring the LIC and liver fat concentration were obtained using the IDEAL-IQ technique for liver imaging. The Mean (SD) liver R2* was 28.34 (2.25) s−1 (95% CI, 27.78–28.90, range 23.67–33.00 s−1) in females, 29.57 (3.20) s−1 (95% CI, 28.49–30.66, range 23.93–37.77 s−1) in males, and 28.72 (2.69) s−1 (range 23.67–37.77 s−1) in the whole group. R2* value in this particular population with a high proportion of young women did not exceed 38 s−1. In the absence of fibrosis or steatosis, liver stiffness and fat fraction did not show any relationship with R2*.
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Cruz M, Ferreira AA, Papanikolaou N, Banerjee R, Alves FC. New boundaries of liver imaging: from morphology to function. Eur J Intern Med 2020; 79:12-22. [PMID: 32571581 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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From an invisible organ to one of the most explored non-invasively, the liver is, today, one of the cornerstones for current cross-sectional imaging techniques and minimally invasive procedures. After the achievements of US, CT and, most recently, MRI in providing highly accurate morphological and structural information about the organ, a significant scientific development has gained momentum for the last decades, coupling morphology to liver function and contributing far most to what we know today as precision medicine. In fact, dedicated tailor-made investigations are now possible in order to detect and, most of all, quantify physiopathological processes with unprecedented certitude. It is the intention of this review to provide a better insight to the reader of several functional imaging techniques applied to liver imaging. Contrast enhanced imaging, diffusion weighted imaging, elastography, spectral computed tomography and fat and iron assessment techniques are commonly performed clinically. Diffusion kurtosis imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, T1 relaxometry and radiomics remain largely limited to advanced clinical research. Each of them has its own value and place on the diagnostic armamentarium and provide unique qualitative and quantitative information regarding the pathophysiology of diseases, contributing at a large scale to model therapeutic decisions and patient follow-up. Therefore, state-of-the-art liver imaging acts today as a non-invasive surrogate biomarker of many focal and diffuse liver diseases.
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- Manuel Cruz
- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Coimbra and CIBIT/ICNAS research center, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Coimbra and CIBIT/ICNAS research center, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Computational Clinical Imaging Group, Centre for the Unknown, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Acute Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Coimbra and CIBIT/ICNAS research center, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Bafna V, Bhat S, Raj V, Badiger S, Annapandian VM, Nataraj KS, Damodar S. Quantification of Liver Iron Overload: Correlation of MRI and Liver Tissue Biopsy in Pediatric Thalassemia Major Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplant. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 2020; 36:667-673. [PMID: 33100708 DOI: 10.1007/s12288-020-01256-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Determination of the magnitude of body iron stores helps to identify individuals at risk of iron-induced organ damage in Thalassemia patients. The most direct clinical method of measuring liver iron concentration (LIC) is through chemical analysis of needle biopsy specimens. Here we present a noninvasive method for the measurement of LIC in vivo using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Twenty-three pediatric Thalassemia major patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation at our centre were studied. All 23 patients had MRI T2* and R2* decay time for evaluation of LIC on a 1.5 Tesla MRI system followed by liver tissue biopsy for the assessment of iron concentration using an atomic absorption spectrometry. Simultaneously, serum ferritin levels were measured by enzymatic assay. We have correlated biopsy LIC with liver T2* and serum ferritin values with liver R2*. Of the 23 patients 11 were males, the mean age was 8.3 ± 3.7 years. The study results showed a significant correlation between biopsy LIC and liver T2* MRI (r = 0.768; p < 0.001). Also, there was a significant correlation between serum ferritin levels and liver R2* MRI (r = 0.5647; p < 0.01). Two patients had high variance in serum ferritin levels (2100 and 4100 mg/g) while their LIC was around 24 mg/g, whereas the difference was not seen in T2* MRI. Hence, the liver T2* MRI is a better modality for assessing LIC. Serum ferritin is less reliable than quantitative MRI. The liver T2* MRI is a safe, reliable, feasible and cost-effective method compared to liver tissue biopsy for LIC assessment.
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- Varun Bafna
- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Narayana Health City, Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Narayana Health City, Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Radiology, Narayana Health City, Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Narayana Health City, Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Narayana Health City, Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Narayana Health City, Bangalore, Karnataka India
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Acar S, Gözmen S, Bayraktaroğlu S, Acar SO, Tahta N, Aydınok Y, Vergin RC. Evaluation of Liver Iron Content by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia after Cessation of Treatment. Turk J Haematol 2020; 37:263-270. [PMID: 32077272 PMCID: PMC7702656 DOI: 10.4274/tjh.galenos.2020.2019.0364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Objective There are a limited number of studies evaluating iron overload in childhood leukemia by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The aim of this study was to determine liver iron content (LIC) by MRI in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who had completed treatment and to compare those values with serum iron parameters. Materials and Methods A total of 30 patients between the ages of 7 and 18 who had completed ALL treatment were included in the study. Serum iron parameters (serum iron, serum ferritin [SF], and total iron-binding capacity) and liver function tests were studied. R2 MRI was performed for determining LIC. Results Normal LIC was detected in 22 (63.4%) of the cases. Seven (23.3%) had mild and 1 (3.3%) had moderate liver iron deposition. In contrast, severe iron overload was not detected in any of the cases. LIC levels were correlated with the numbers of packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusions (r=0.637, p<0.001), pRBC transfusion volume (r=0.449, p<0.013), SF levels (r=0.561, p=0.001), and transferrin saturation (r=0.353, p=0.044). In addition, a positive correlation was found between the number of pRBC transfusions and SF levels (r=0.595, p<0.001). Conclusion We showed that the frequency of liver iron deposition was low and clinically less significant after the end of treatment in childhood ALL patients. LIC was demonstrated to be related to SF and transfusion history. These findings support that SF and transfusion history may be used as references for monitoring iron accumulation or identifying cases for further examinations such as MRI.
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- Sezer Acar
- Dr. Behçet Uz Child Disease and Pediatric Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, İzmir, Turkey
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- Dr. Behcet Uz Child Disease and Pediatric Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, İzmir, Turkey
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- Dr. Behcet Uz Child Disease and Pediatric Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, İzmir, Turkey
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- Dr. Behcet Uz Child Disease and Pediatric Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, İzmir, Turkey
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- Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, İzmir, Turkey
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- Dr. Behcet Uz Child Disease and Pediatric Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, İzmir, Turkey
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Thompson RB, Chow K, Pagano JJ, Sekowski V, Michelakis ED, Tymchak W, Haykowsky MJ, Ezekowitz JA, Oudit GY, Dyck JRB, Kaul P, Savu A, Paterson DI. Quantification of lung water in heart failure using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2019; 21:58. [PMID: 31511018 PMCID: PMC6739968 DOI: 10.1186/s12968-019-0567-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pulmonary edema is a cardinal feature of heart failure but no quantitative tests are available in clinical practice. The goals of this study were to develop a simple cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) approach for lung water quantification, to correlate CMR derived lung water with intra-cardiac pressures and to determine its prognostic significance. METHODS Lung water density (LWD, %) was measured using a widely available single-shot fast spin-echo acquisition in two study cohorts. Validation Cohort: LWD was compared to left ventricular end-diastolic pressure or pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in 19 patients with heart failure undergoing cardiac catheterization. Prospective Cohort: LWD was measured in 256 subjects, including 121 with heart failure, 82 at-risk for heart failure and 53 healthy controls. Clinical outcomes were evaluated up to 1 year. RESULTS Within the validation cohort, CMR LWD correlated to invasively measured left-sided filling pressures (R = 0.8, p < 0.05). In the prospective cohort, mean LWD was 16.6 ± 2.1% in controls, 17.9 ± 3.0% in patients at-risk and 19.3 ± 5.4% in patients with heart failure, p < 0.001. In patients with or at-risk for heart failure, LWD > 20.8% (mean + 2 standard deviations of healthy controls) was an independent predictor of death, hospitalization or emergency department visit within 1 year, hazard ratio 2.4 (1.1-5.1, p = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS In patients with heart failure, increased CMR-derived lung water is associated with increased intra-cardiac filling pressures, and predicts 1 year outcomes. LWD could be incorporated in standard CMR scans.
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- Richard B. Thompson
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- Canadian Vigour Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Canadian Vigour Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- University of Alberta Hospital, MacKenzie Health Sciences Centre, 8440–112 street, 2C2.43 Walter C, Edmonton, Alberta T6G2B7 Canada
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Wang Y, Zhang R, Zhang B, Wang C, Wang H, Zhang X, Zhao K, Yang M, Wang X, Zhang J. Simultaneous R2, R2' and R2* measurement of skeletal muscle in a rabbit model of unilateral artery embolization. Magn Reson Imaging 2019; 61:149-157. [PMID: 31129281 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2019.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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PURPOSE To demonstrate the feasibility of using a susceptibility-based MRI technique with multi-echo gradient and spin echo (MEGSE) sequence to achieve simultaneous R2, R2' and R2* measurement and assess skeletal muscle oxygenation alternations in a rabbit model of unilateral artery embolization. MATERIALS AND METHODS Approved by the local institutional review board for experimental animal studies, nine New Zealand White rabbits were included in this study. The MEGSE sequence consists of embedding a set of gradient echoes around the echo of a single spin-echo sequence using several gradient echoes to collect the magnetization intensity during the formation and attenuation of spin-echo simultaneously after 180° radio frequency pulse. Within-session and between-day tests were conducted to evaluate the reproducibility of this skeletal muscle oxygenation alternations measurement. Furthermore, all the MEGSE scans of skeletal muscle were conducted using a 3-T clinical MRI scanner during resting state (before unilateral artery embolization operation, pre), 1 h after unilateral artery embolization operation (post1) and 2 h after unilateral artery embolization operation (post2) model to verify the feasibility and sensitivity of this method. RESULTS The within-session coefficient of variations (CVs) of R2, R2' and R2* measurements were 1.57%, 3.33% and 2.57%, while the between-day CVs of were 1.42%, 5.85% and 2.85%. In all rabbits, the mean R2 decreased significantly from 36.46 ± 1.03 s-1 (pre) to 30.58 ± 2.11 s-1 (post1,**P < 0.01, relative to pre) and 28.62 ± 1.53 s-1 (post2, **P < 0.01, relative to post1), and the mean R2' went up markedly from 9.88 ± 2.14 s-1 (pre) to 16.10 ± 2.74 s-1 (post1, **P < 0.01) and 17.33 ± 2.25 s-1 (post2, **P < 0.05). The mean R2* increased from 43.27 ± 3.75 s-1 (pre) to 47.90 ± 5.08 s-1 (post1, *P < 0.05) and to 48.04 ± 4.42 s-1 (post2, NS, P > 0.05). CONCLUSION This study demonstrates the feasibility of simultaneous R2, R2' and R2* measurement method for the evaluation of skeletal muscle ischemia. Besides, this study indicates the sensitivity of the R2 and R2' compared with R2* and especially the necessity of R2 and R2' measurement for the further evaluation of skeletal muscle ischemia which always causes both edema and hypoxia in a rabbit model of unilateral artery embolization.
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- Yao Wang
- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Vascular Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Vascular Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Vascular Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China; Department of Radiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China; College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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Using IVIM-MRI and R2⁎ Mapping to Differentiate Early Stage Liver Fibrosis in a Rat Model of Radiation-Induced Liver Fibrosis. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 2018:4673814. [PMID: 30627558 PMCID: PMC6304485 DOI: 10.1155/2018/4673814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2018] [Revised: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Rationale and Objectives To investigate the utility of intravoxel incoherent motion MRI (IVIM-MRI) and R2⁎ mapping in diagnosing early stage liver fibrosis in a radiation-induced rat model. Materials and Methods Thirty rats were randomly divided into three groups with 10 rats in each group. Liver fibrosis was induced by exposure of right lobe of liver in each animal to 20 Gy of radiation. MRI examination was conducted at baseline, one month, two months, and three months after radiation using T1WI, T2WI, IVIM-DWI, and R2⁎ sequences. The pathological examination included hematoxylin eosin, masson trichrome, and prussian blue staining. D, D⁎, f, and R2⁎ values were measured in both left and right lobes for quantitative analysis. Results Regarding the surviving 23 rats, eight rats were diagnosed with stage F0, ten with stage F1, and five with stage F2 liver fibrosis using METAVIR Scores. The D values of right lobes decreased (P<0.05), and R2⁎ values increased (P<0.01) significantly as fibrosis levels increased. But there was no statistical difference in D⁎ (P=0.970) and f values (P=0.079). R2⁎ value showed a strong positive correlation (r=0.819, P<0.001), while D value showed a negative correlation with fibrosis stages (r=-0.424, P<0.001). D⁎ (r=0.029, P=0.744) and f values (r=-0.055, P=0.536) were poorly correlated with fibrosis levels. Conclusion IVIM-MRI and R2⁎ mapping are useful techniques for evaluating the severity of liver fibrosis in a radiation-induced rat model, and R2⁎ value is the most sensitive parameter in detecting early stage fibrosis.
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Bozdağ M, Bayraktaroğlu S, Aydınok Y, Çallı MC. MRI assessment of pituitary iron accumulation by using pituitary-R2 in β-thalassemia patients. Acta Radiol 2018; 59:732-739. [PMID: 28882060 DOI: 10.1177/0284185117730099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Background Patients with thalassemia major (TM) require repeated blood transfusions, which leads to accumulation of iron in a wide variety of tissues. Accumulation of iron in the pituitary gland can lead to irreversible hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) in this group of patients. Purpose To investigate the reliability of pituitary-R2 as a marker to estimate the extent of pituitary iron load by comparing the pituitary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings with hepatic iron load and serum ferritin levels. Material and Methods A total of 38 β-TM patients were classified into HH (group A, n = 18) and non-HH (group B, n = 17) groups. A third group, group C, consisted of 17 healthy participants. Each participant underwent 1.5-T MRI examinations. Pituitary gland heights (PGH), pituitary-R2 values, and liver-R2 values were measured by using multi-echo spin-echo sequences. Results Pituitary-R2 values were significantly higher in group A compared with group B ( P < 0.05). A positive correlation was detected between the pituitary-R2 values and serum ferritin levels in TM patients ( P < 0.01). A threshold value of 14.1 Hz for pituitary-R2 was found to give a high specificity and sensitivity in distinguishing the TM patients with HH from those with normal pituitary functions. PGH measurements were significantly lower in group A compared with group B ( P < 0.05). Conclusion MRI-assessed pituitary-R2 seems to be a reliable marker for differentiating the TM patients with normal pituitary function from those with secondary hypogonadism due to iron toxicity.
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- Mustafa Bozdağ
- Department of Radiology, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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Haque ME, Gabr RE, Zhao X, Hasan KM, Valenzuela A, Narayana PA, Ting SM, Sun G, Savitz SI, Aronowski J. Serial quantitative neuroimaging of iron in the intracerebral hemorrhage pig model. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2018; 38:375-381. [PMID: 29292651 PMCID: PMC5851147 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x17751548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Iron released after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is damaging to the brain. Measurement of the content and distribution of iron in the hematoma could predict brain damage. In this study, 16 Yorkshire piglets were subjected to autologous blood injection ICH model and studied longitudinally using quantitative susceptibility mapping and R2* relaxivity MRI on day 1 and 7 post-ICH. Phantom calibration of susceptibility demonstrated (1) iron distribution heterogeneity within the hematoma and (2) natural absorption of iron from 154 ± 78 µg/mL (day 1) to 127 ± 33 µg/mL (day 7). R2* in the hematoma decreased at day 7. This method could be adopted for ICH in humans.
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- Muhammad E Haque
- 1 Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, McGovern 12339 Medical School at UTHealth , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- 2 Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging at UTHealth, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- 1 Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, McGovern 12339 Medical School at UTHealth , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- 2 Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging at UTHealth, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- 1 Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, McGovern 12339 Medical School at UTHealth , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- 2 Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging at UTHealth, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- 1 Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, McGovern 12339 Medical School at UTHealth , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- 1 Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, McGovern 12339 Medical School at UTHealth , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- 1 Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, McGovern 12339 Medical School at UTHealth , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- 1 Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, McGovern 12339 Medical School at UTHealth , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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Magnetic Resonance Elastography of the Liver: Qualitative and Quantitative Comparison of Gradient Echo and Spin Echo Echoplanar Imaging Sequences. Invest Radiol 2017; 51:575-81. [PMID: 26982699 DOI: 10.1097/rli.0000000000000269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare 2-dimensional (2D) gradient recalled echo (GRE) and 2D spin echo echoplanar imaging (SE-EPI) magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) sequences of the liver in terms of image quality and quantitative liver stiffness (LS) measurement. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective study involved 50 consecutive subjects (male/female, 33/17; mean age, 58 years) who underwent liver magnetic resonance imaging at 3.0 T including 2 MRE sequences, 2D GRE, and 2D SE-EPI (acquisition time 56 vs 16 seconds, respectively). Image quality scores were assessed by 2 independent observers based on wave propagation and organ coverage on the confidence map (range, 0-15). A third observer measured LS on stiffness maps (in kilopascal). Mean LS values, regions of interest size (based on confidence map), and image quality scores between SE-EPI and GRE-MRE were compared using paired nonparametric Wilcoxon test. Reproducibility of LS values between the 2 sequences was assessed using intraclass coefficient correlation, coefficient of variation, and Bland-Altman limits of agreement. T2* effect on image quality was assessed using partial Spearman correlation. RESULTS There were 4 cases of failure with GRE-MRE and none with SE-EPI-MRE. Image quality scores and region of interest size were significantly higher using SE-EPI-MRE versus GRE-MRE (P < 0.0001 for both measurements and observers). Liver stiffness measurements were not significantly different between the 2 sequences (3.75 ± 1.87 kPa vs 3.55 ± 1.51 kPa, P = 0.062), were significantly correlated (intraclass coefficient correlation, 0.909), and had excellent reproducibility (coefficient of variation, 10.2%; bias, 0.023; Bland-Altman limits of agreement, -1.19; 1.66 kPa). Image quality scores using GRE-MRE were significantly correlated with T2* while there was no correlation for SE-EPI-MRE. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that SE-EPI-MRE may be a better alternative to GRE-MRE. The diagnostic performance of SE-EPI-MRE for detection of liver fibrosis needs to be assessed in a future study.
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Yurttutan N, Bakacak M, Kızıldağ B. Comparison of the T2-star Values of Placentas Obtained from Pre-eclamptic Patients with Those of a Control Group: an Ex-vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Balkan Med J 2017; 34:412-416. [PMID: 28552841 PMCID: PMC5635627 DOI: 10.4274/balkanmedj.2016.1472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background: Endotel dysfunction, vasoconstriction, and oxidative stress are described in the pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia, but its aetiology has not been revealed clearly. Aims: To examine whether there is a difference between the placentas of pre-eclamptic pregnant women and those of a control group in terms of their T2 star values. Study Design: Case-control study. Methods: Twenty patients diagnosed with pre-eclampsia and 22 healthy controls were included in this study. The placentas obtained after births performed via Caesarean section were taken into the magnetic resonance imaging area in plastic bags within the first postnatal hour, and imaging was performed via modified DIXON-Quant sequence. Average values were obtained by performing T2 star measurements from four localisations on the placentas. Results: T2 star values measured in the placentas of the control group were found to be significantly lower than those in the pre-eclampsia group (p<0.01). While the mean T2 star value in the pre-eclamptic group was found to be 37.48 ms (standard deviation ± 11.3), this value was 28.74 (standard deviation ± 8.08) in the control group. The cut-off value for the T2 star value, maximising the accuracy of diagnosis, was 28.59 ms (area under curve: 0.741; 95% confidence interval: 0.592-0.890); sensitivity and specificity were 70% and 63.6%, respectively. Conclusion: This study, the T2 star value, which is an indicator of iron amount, was found to be significantly lower in the control group than in the pre-eclampsia group. This may be related to the reduction in blood flow to the placenta due to endothelial dysfunction and vasoconstriction, which are important in pre-eclampsia pathophysiology.
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- Nursel Yurttutan
- Department of Radiology, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University School of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University School of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University School of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
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İdilman İS, Akata D, Özmen MN, Karçaaltıncaba M. Different forms of iron accumulation in the liver on MRI. Diagn Interv Radiol 2017; 22:22-8. [PMID: 26712679 DOI: 10.5152/dir.2015.15094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a well-established imaging modality to evaluate increased iron deposition in the liver. Both standard liver imaging series with in-phase and out-of-phase T1-weighted sequences for visual detection, as well as advanced T2- and T2*-weighted measurements may be used for mapping the iron concentration. In this article, we describe different forms of liver iron accumulation (diffuse, heterogeneous, multinodular, focal, segmental, intralesional, periportal, and lobar) and hepatic iron sparing (focal, geographic and nodular). Focal iron sparing is characterized by hypointense areas on R2* map and hyperintense areas on T2* map. We also illustrate MRI findings of simultaneous hepatic iron and fat accumulation. Coexistence of iron (siderosis) and fat (steatosis) can make interpretation of in- and out-of-phase T1-weighted images difficult; calculation of proton density fat fraction and R2* maps can characterize abnormal signal changes observed on in- and out-of-phase images. Knowledge of different forms of hepatic iron overload and iron sparing and evaluation of T2* and R2* maps would allow correct diagnosis of iron-associated liver disorders.
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- İlkay S İdilman
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
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Siracusano G, La Corte A, Milazzo C, Anastasi GP, Finocchio G, Gaeta M. On the R 2⁎ relaxometry in complex multi-peak multi-Echo chemical shift-based water-fat quantification: Applications to the neuromuscular diseases. Magn Reson Imaging 2016; 35:4-14. [PMID: 27569370 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2016.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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PURPOSE Investigation of the feasibility of the R2⁎ mapping techniques by using latest theoretical models corrected for confounding factors and optimized for signal to noise ratio. THEORY AND METHODS The improvement of the performance of state of the art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) relaxometry algorithms is challenging because of a non-negligible bias and still unresolved numerical instabilities. Here, R2⁎ mapping reconstructions, including complex fitting with multi-spectral fat-correction by using single-decay and double-decay formulation, are deeply studied in order to investigate and identify optimal configuration parameters and minimize the occurrence of numerical artifacts. The effects of echo number, echo spacing, and fat/water relaxation model type are evaluated through both simulated and in-vivo data. We also explore the stability and feasibility of the fat/water relaxation model by analyzing the impact of high percentage of fat infiltrations and local transverse relaxation differences among biological species. RESULTS The main limits of the MRI relaxometry are the presence of bias and the occurrence of artifacts, which significantly affect its accuracy. Chemical-shift complex R2⁎-correct single-decay reconstructions exhibit a large bias in presence of a significant difference in the relaxation rates of fat and water and with fat concentration larger than 30%. We find that for fat-dominated tissues or in patients affected by extensive iron deposition, MRI reconstructions accounting for multi-exponential relaxation time provide accurate R2⁎ measurements and are less prone to numerical artifacts. CONCLUSIONS Complex fitting and fat-correction with multi-exponential decay formulation outperforms the conventional single-decay approximation in various diagnostic scenarios. Although it still lacks of numerical stability, which requires model enhancement and support from spectroscopy, it offers promising perspectives for the development of relaxometry as a reliable tool to improve tissue characterization and monitoring of neuromuscular disorders.
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- Giulio Siracusano
- Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Physical Sciences and Earth Sciences, University of Messina, V.le F. D'alcontres, 31, 98166, Messina, Italy; Department of Computer Engineering and Telecommunications, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy.
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- Department of Computer Engineering and Telecommunications, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical sciences, Dental and of Morphological and Functional images, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical sciences, Dental and of Morphological and Functional images, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Physical Sciences and Earth Sciences, University of Messina, V.le F. D'alcontres, 31, 98166, Messina, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Via Vigna Murata 605, 00143, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical sciences, Dental and of Morphological and Functional images, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125, Messina, Italy
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Yang JCT, Lu MY, Jaw FS, Peng SSF, Shih TTF. Breath-hold spin echosequence for assessing liver iron content. Magn Reson Imaging 2016; 34:1256-1263. [PMID: 27451406 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2016.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Revised: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/17/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare a multiple breath-hold, multiecho, multiplanar spin-echo (BHMEMPSE) magnetic resonance (MR) sequence with a TR of 300ms with a traditional multiecho, multiplanar spin-echo (MEMPSE) MR sequence for assessing liver iron content. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was approved by the institutional review board; informed consent was waived. Liver R2 measurement was derived from the mono-exponential model by BHMEMPSE and MEMPSE MR sequences of a 1.5T MR machine in 30 thalassemia patients (9men, 21women, aged 27.7±6.8years). Hepatic iron contents were estimated using Ferriscan in all patients. The inter- and intra-observer agreement of the 2 MR sequences was also evaluated. RESULTS MEMPSE R2 values significantly correlated with Ferriscan iron content values (r=0.895, p<0.001) and serum ferritin concentration (r=0.661, p<0.001). BHMEMPSE R2 values significantly correlated with Ferriscan values (r=0.914, p<0.001) and serum ferritin concentration (r=0.608, p<0.001). The distribution of MEMPSE R2 values against BHMEMPSE R2 values revealed an excellent linear relationship (r=0.978, p<0.001). The inter- and intra-observer agreement of the 2 MR sequences was excellent, with an interclass correlation coefficient exceeding 0.9. The distribution of Ferriscan against BHMEMPSE R2 values revealed a curvilinear relationship (r=0.935, p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS The BHMEMPSE sequence exhibited comparable estimation for assessing liver iron content, comparable repeatability and a shorter acquisition time compared with the MEMPSE sequence. The BHMEMPSE sequence can serve as an adjunctive sequence to assess liver iron content.
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- Justin Cheng-Ta Yang
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and the College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Chu-Tung Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan; Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and the College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Imaging, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Horng DE, Hernando D, Reeder SB. Quantification of liver fat in the presence of iron overload. J Magn Reson Imaging 2016; 45:428-439. [PMID: 27405703 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the accuracy of R2* models (1/T2 * = R2*) for chemical shift-encoded magnetic resonance imaging (CSE-MRI)-based proton density fat-fraction (PDFF) quantification in patients with fatty liver and iron overload, using MR spectroscopy (MRS) as the reference standard. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two Monte Carlo simulations were implemented to compare the root-mean-squared-error (RMSE) performance of single-R2* and dual-R2* correction in a theoretical liver environment with high iron. Fatty liver was defined as hepatic PDFF >5.6% based on MRS; only subjects with fatty liver were considered for analyses involving fat. From a group of 40 patients with known/suspected iron overload, nine patients were identified at 1.5T, and 13 at 3.0T with fatty liver. MRS linewidth measurements were used to estimate R2* values for water and fat peaks. PDFF was measured from CSE-MRI data using single-R2* and dual-R2* correction with magnitude and complex fitting. RESULTS Spectroscopy-based R2* analysis demonstrated that the R2* of water and fat remain close in value, both increasing as iron overload increases: linear regression between R2*W and R2*F resulted in slope = 0.95 [0.79-1.12] (95% limits of agreement) at 1.5T and slope = 0.76 [0.49-1.03] at 3.0T. MRI-PDFF using dual-R2* correction had severe artifacts. MRI-PDFF using single-R2* correction had good agreement with MRS-PDFF: Bland-Altman analysis resulted in -0.7% (bias) ± 2.9% (95% limits of agreement) for magnitude-fit and -1.3% ± 4.3% for complex-fit at 1.5T, and -1.5% ± 8.4% for magnitude-fit and -2.2% ± 9.6% for complex-fit at 3.0T. CONCLUSION Single-R2* modeling enables accurate PDFF quantification, even in patients with iron overload. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 1 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2017;45:428-439.
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- Debra E Horng
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.,Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.,Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.,Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.,Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Mousa AA, Ghonem M, Elhadidy EHM, Azmy E, Elbackry M, Elbaiomy AA, Elzehery RR, Shaker GA, Saleh O. Iron overload detection using pituitary and hepatic MRI in thalassemic patients having short stature and hypogonadism. Endocr Res 2016; 41:81-8. [PMID: 26726735 DOI: 10.3109/07435800.2015.1068796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE to assess the growth and pubertal development among a group of patients with β-Thalassemia Major (β-TM) and to evaluate the role of the pituitary gland and liver MRI signal intensity (SI) reduction in assessing and predicting the clinical severity of growth and pubertal dysfunctions. METHODS Thirty-eight patients with β-TM were examined and divided into two groups: Group I patients were of normal height and puberty and Group II patients had short statures and hypogonadism. Laboratory investigations included serum ferritin, LH, FSH, prolactin, TSH, and basal and dynamic growth hormones. Pituitary and liver MRIs were performed to assess the pituitary to fat (P/F) and liver to muscle (L/M) signal intensities (SI), respectively. Fifteen healthy and sex- and age-matched subjects were included as controls. RESULTS Both patient groups had significantly elevated serum ferritin and significantly decreased prolactin and IGF1 compared to control subjects. Group II showed a significant reduction in LH, FSH, and IGF1 and a significant increase in ferritin in comparison with Group I and the control group, and it had a highly significant reduction in both P/F and L/M SI in comparison with Group I (p<0.001 and 0.008, respectively). The reduced P/F ratio was significantly correlated with FSH and LH, and a cutoff for a P/F ratio ≥0.94 was obtained to differentiate between Group I and II. CONCLUSION MRI in conjunction with the P/F signal intensity ratio is a useful and noninvasive tool for the early diagnosis of pituitary iron overload.
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- Amany A Mousa
- a Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , Mansoura University , Egypt
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- a Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , Mansoura University , Egypt
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- a Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , Mansoura University , Egypt
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- b Department of Clinical Hematology, Faculty of Medicine , Mansoura University , Egypt
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- c Department of diagnostic radiology, Faculty of Medicine , Mansoura University , Egypt
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- d Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine , Mansoura University , Egypt
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- e Department of clinical pathology, Faculty of Medicine , Mansoura University , Egypt
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- f Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine , Mansoura University , Egypt
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- a Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , Mansoura University , Egypt
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Wang C, Zhang R, Zhang X, Wang H, Zhao K, Jin L, Zhang J, Wang X, Fang J. Simultaneous dynamic R
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, and measurement using periodic π pulse shifting multiecho asymmetric spin echo sequence moving estimation strategy: A feasibility study for lower extremity muscle. Magn Reson Med 2016; 77:766-773. [DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Revised: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Chengyan Wang
- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary StudiesPeking UniversityBeijing China
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- College of EngineeringPeking UniversityBeijing China
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- Department of RadiologyPeking University First HospitalBeijing China
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- Philips HealthcareSuzhou China
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- Department of RadiologyPeking University First HospitalBeijing China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary StudiesPeking UniversityBeijing China
- College of EngineeringPeking UniversityBeijing China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary StudiesPeking UniversityBeijing China
- Department of RadiologyPeking University First HospitalBeijing China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary StudiesPeking UniversityBeijing China
- College of EngineeringPeking UniversityBeijing China
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Yokoo T, Yuan Q, Sénégas J, Wiethoff AJ, Pedrosa I. Quantitative R2* MRI of the liver with rician noise models for evaluation of hepatic iron overload: Simulation, phantom, and early clinical experience. J Magn Reson Imaging 2015; 42:1544-59. [PMID: 25996989 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To compare Rician and non-Rician noise models for quantitative R2 * magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in a simulation, phantom, and human study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Synthetic 12-echo spoiled GRE (SGRE) datasets were generated with various R2 * rates (0-2000 sec(-1) ) at a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 50, 20, 10, and 5. Phantoms of different MnCl2 concentrations (0-25 mM) were constructed and imaged using a 12-echo 3D SGRE sequence at 1.5T. Increasing levels of synthetic noise was added to the original data to simulate sequentially lower SNR conditions. Sixteen patients with suspected or known iron overload were imaged using 12-echo 3D SGRE at 1.5T. Various R2 * quantification methods, based on Rician and non-Rician noise models, were compared in the simulation, phantom, and human datasets. RESULTS Non-Rician R2 * estimates were variably inaccurate in the high R2 * range (>500 sec(-1) ), with SNR-dependent linear goodness-of-fit statistic (R(2) ) of 0.373-0.999. Rician R2 * estimates were accurate even in the high R2 * range, with high R(2) of 0.940-0.999 regardless of SNR. Non-Rician R2 * estimates were variably nonlinear at high MnCl2 concentrations, with SNR-dependent R(2) of 0.345-0.994. Rician R2 * estimates were linear even at high MnCl2 concentrations, with high R(2) of 0.923-0.994 regardless of SNR. Between-method agreement of the R2 * estimates was excellent in patients with low ferritin but poor in patients with high ferritin. Rician R2 * estimates had excellent correlation with ferritin (r = 0.966 P < 0.001). CONCLUSION Rician R2 * estimates were most consistent in the high R2 * conditions and under varying SNR, and may be more reliable when high iron load is suspected.
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- Takeshi Yokoo
- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Briarcliff Manor, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Sarigianni M, Liakos A, Vlachaki E, Paschos P, Athanasiadou E, Montori VM, Murad MH, Tsapas A. Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis of liver iron overload: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015; 13:55-63.e5. [PMID: 24993364 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2014.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2013] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/30/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Guidelines advocate use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to estimate concentrations of iron in liver, to identify patients with iron overload, and to guide titration of chelation therapy. However, this recommendation was not based on a systematic synthesis and analysis of the evidence for MRI's diagnostic accuracy. METHODS We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of MRI in identifying liver iron overload in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis, hemoglobinopathy, or myelodysplastic syndrome; liver biopsy analysis was used as the reference standard. We searched MEDLINE and EMBASE databases, the Cochrane Library, and gray literature, and computed summary receiver operating curves by fitting hierarchical models. We assessed methodologic quality using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 2 tool. RESULTS Our final analysis included 20 studies (819 patients, total). Sensitivity and specificity values varied greatly, ranging from 0.00 to 1.00 and from 0.50 to 1.00, respectively. Because of substantial heterogeneity and variable positivity thresholds, we calculated only summary receiver operating curves (and summary estimate points for studies that used the same MRI sequences). T2 spin echo and T2* gradient-recalled echo MRI sequences accurately identified patients without liver iron overload (liver iron concentration > 7 mg Fe/g dry liver weight) (negative likelihood ratios, 0.10 and 0.05 respectively). However, these MRI sequences are less accurate in establishing a definite diagnosis of liver iron overload (positive likelihood ratio, 8.85 and 4.86, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Based on a meta-analysis, measurements of liver iron concentration by MRI may be accurate enough to rule out iron overload, but not to definitely identify patients with this condition. Most studies did not use explicit and prespecified MRI thresholds for iron overload, therefore some patients may have been diagnosed inaccurately with this condition. More studies are needed of standardized MRI protocols and to determine the effects of MRI surveillance on the development of chronic liver disease and patient survival.
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- Maria Sarigianni
- Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Second Medical Department, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Second Medical Department, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Thalassemia Unit, Second Medical Department, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Second Medical Department, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Second Medical Department, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Second Medical Department, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Ghugre NR, Doyle EK, Storey P, Wood JC. Relaxivity-iron calibration in hepatic iron overload: Predictions of a Monte Carlo model. Magn Reson Med 2014; 74:879-83. [PMID: 25242237 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Revised: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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PURPOSE R2* (1/T2*) and single echo R2 (1/T2) have been calibrated to liver iron concentration (LIC) in patients with thalassemia and transfusion-dependent sickle cell disease at 1.5T. The R2*-LIC relationship is linear, whereas that of R2 is curvilinear. However, the increasing popularity of high-field scanners requires generalizing these relationships to higher field strengths. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that numerical simulation can accurately determine the field dependence of iron-mediated transverse relaxation rates. METHODS We previously replicated the calibration curves between R2 and R2* and iron at 1.5T using Monte Carlo models incorporating realistic liver structure, iron deposit susceptibility, and proton mobility. In this paper, we extend our model to predict relaxivity-iron calibrations at higher field strengths. Predictions were validated by measuring R2 and R2* at 1.5T and 3T in six β-thalassemia major patients. RESULTS Predicted R2* increased twofold at 3T from 1.5T, whereas R2 increased by a factor of 1.47. Patient data exhibited a coefficient of variation of 3.6% and 7.2%, respectively, to the best-fit simulated data. Simulations over the range 0.25T-7T showed R2* increasing linearly with field strength, whereas R2 exhibited a concave-downward relationship. CONCLUSION A model-based approach predicts alterations in relaxivity-iron calibrations with field strength without repeating imaging studies. The model may generalize to alternative pulse sequences and tissue iron distribution.
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- Nilesh R Ghugre
- Physical Sciences Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Cardiology and Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Rascon J, Rageliene L, Stankeviciene S, Palionis D, Tamosiunas AE, Valeviciene N, Zvirblis T. An assessment of iron overload in children treated for cancer and nonmalignant hematologic disorders. Eur J Pediatr 2014; 173:1137-46. [PMID: 24659311 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-014-2295-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2013] [Revised: 02/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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UNLABELLED Our goal was to assess the natural fate of iron overload (IO) following transfusions of packed red blood cells (PRBCs) in children treated for cancer and nonmalignant disorders according to the intensity level of their treatment. Sixty-six children were followed up from February 2010 to March 2013. The transfusion burden was compared between three treatment intensity groups assigned according to the Intensity of Treatment Rating Scale 3.0 (ITR-3). IO was assessed by serial measurements of serum ferritin (SF) (n= 66) and quantification of tissue iron by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (n=12). Of the children studied, 36 % (24/66) received moderately intensive treatment (level 2), 21 % (14/ 66) received very intensive treatment (level 3), and 42 % (28/ 66) received the most intensive treatment (level 4). The number of PRBC (p=0.016), the total transfused volume (p= 0.026), and transfused volume adjusted to body weight (p= 0.004) were significantly higher in the level 4 group. By the median follow-up time of 35.5 months (range 8–133), 21– 29 % of patients (including level 2 and level 3 children) had SF >1,000 μg/l 1 year after cessation of transfusions. The slowest decrease of SF was observed in the level 4 group. Initial MRI examination demonstrated either mild or moderate IO in the liver and spleen. Repetitive MRI showed significant improvement in relaxation time between the initial and follow-up MRI performances in the liver (5.9 vs. 8.6 ms, p= 0.03) and the spleen (4.3 vs. 8.8 ms, p=0.03). CONCLUSION IO diminished over time, but in the level 4 patients, it was detectable for years after cessation of transfusions.
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Wells SA. Quantification of Hepatic Fat and Iron with Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 2014; 22:397-416. [PMID: 25086936 DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2014.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Chen L, Zhu Z, Peng X, Wang Y, Wang Y, Chen M, Wang Q, Jin J. Hepatic magnetic resonance imaging with T2* mapping of ovariectomized rats: correlation between iron overload and postmenopausal osteoporosis. Eur Radiol 2014; 24:1715-24. [DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3178-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Kasai H, Miyati T, Kawai T, Kan H, Kawano M, Shibamoto Y. A method for assessing metabolic information on liver and bone marrow by use of double gradient-echo with spectral fat suppression. Radiol Phys Technol 2014; 7:211-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s12194-013-0254-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Revised: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Castiella A, Alústiza JM, Zapata E, Emparanza JI. Is MRI becoming the new gold standard for diagnosing iron overload in hemochromatosis and other liver iron disorders? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.2217/iim.13.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Peng P, Huang Z, Long L, Zhao F, Li C, Li W, He T. Liver iron quantification by 3 tesla MRI: calibration on a rabbit model. J Magn Reson Imaging 2013; 38:1585-90. [PMID: 23704041 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To determine the feasibility of liver iron quantification by 3 Tesla (T) MRI using a novel iron overload rabbit model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-two rabbits underwent iron dextran loading from 1 to 15 weeks. MRI signal intensity ratio (SIR) was measured using a gradient-echo sequence, and R2(1/T2) measured using an eight-echo spin-echo sequence at 3T. Ex vivo hepatic pathology was obtained for all rabbits studied. Postmortem assessments of liver iron concentration (LIC) were conducted in an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. MRI measures were fitted against LIC using linear regression for 30 of the iron-loaded rabbits. The remaining 12 iron-loaded rabbits were used to test the prediction accuracy of the derived models. RESULTS LIC was linearly correlated to both liver-to-muscle SIR (r = -0.845) and R2 (r = 0.965) in a range achieved in this study (LIC < 10 mg/g dry tissue) at 3T. By regression, the linear equations were determined as: Y1 = 10.581-5.924X1 (Y1 : LIC, X1 :SIR); Y2 = -1.273+0.103X2 (Y2 :LIC, X2 :R2). In the 12 test rabbits, the predicted LICs using the derived equations agreed well with the results obtained using the spectrophotometer. CONCLUSION Both SIR and R2 are highly correlated with LIC in a novel rabbit model. MRI quantification of liver iron overload is feasible at 3T.
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- Peng Peng
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Ibrahim ESH, Rana FN, Johnson KR, White RD. Assessment of cardiac iron deposition in sickle cell disease using 3.0 Tesla cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Hemoglobin 2012; 36:343-61. [PMID: 22563880 DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2012.679376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Many patients with sickle cell disease receive blood transfusions as a life-saving treatment. However, excess transfusions may lead to increased body iron burden. Specifically, heart failure due to cardiac iron overload is the leading cause of death in these patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential role of high-field 3.0-Tesla (T) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) for assessment of cardiac iron content by measuring the transverse relaxivity rate R2*. The R2* was measured in calibrated phantoms with different iron concentrations at 3.0T and 1.5T using optimized pulse sequences. Myocardial R2* was measured at 3.0T in a group of sickle cell disease patients with different disease stages, and the results were compared to the serum ferritin levels and hepatic R2*. The phantom R2* measurements at 3.0T were double those at 1.5T, and the measurements of both systems showed linear relationships with iron concentration. The 3.0T R2* was more sensitive than 1.5T in detecting low iron concentration. In patients, myocardial R2* had weak and good correlations with hepatic R2* and serum ferritin levels, respectively. Bland-Altman analysis showed low inter- and intra-observer variabilities. In conclusion, measuring myocardial R2* at 3.0T is a promising technique with high sensitivity and reproducibility for evaluating cardiac iron overload in sickle cell disease patients.
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- El-Sayed H Ibrahim
- Department of Radiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida 32209, USA.
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Papakonstantinou O, Foufa K, Benekos O, Alexopoulou E, Mademli M, Balanika A, Economopoulos N, Kelekis NL. Use of fat suppression in R₂ relaxometry with MRI for the quantification of tissue iron overload in beta-thalassemic patients. Magn Reson Imaging 2012; 30:926-33. [PMID: 22495242 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2011] [Revised: 02/22/2012] [Accepted: 03/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess the performance and results of R(2) relaxometry using a fat-suppressed (FS) multiecho sequence and compare these to conventional R(2) relaxometry in estimating tissue iron overload. MATERIALS AND METHODS Relaxation rate values (R(2)=1/T2) of the liver, spleen, pancreas and vertebral bone marrow (VBM) were estimated in 21 patients with β-thalassemia major, using a respiratory-triggered 16-echo Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) spin-echo sequence before (R(2)) and after (R(2) FS) the application of chemically selective fat suppression. RESULTS Hepatic and splenic R(2) FS values correlated with respective R(2) values (r=0.98 and r=0.96, P<.001), whereas correlations between R(2) FS and R(2) values for pancreas and VBM were not statistically significant. Bland-Altman plots show disagreement between R(2) and R(2) FS values, particularly for pancreas and VBM. Hepatic, pancreatic and VBM R(2) FS values correlated with serum ferritin (r=0.88, P<.001; r=0.51, P<.003; and r=0.75, P<.002, respectively). Hepatic R(2) FS values correlated with splenic R(2) FS (r=0.77, P<.03), pancreatic R(2) FS (r=0.61, P<.006) and VBM R(2) FS values (r=0.70, P<.001), whereas pancreatic R(2) FS values correlated also with VMB R(2) FS values. On the contrary, among the R(2) values of the above tissues, obtained without fat suppression, only hepatic R(2) values correlated with serum ferritin, whereas no correlation was documented between hepatic and pancreatic or VBM R(2) values. The application of fat suppression did not improve breathing or flow artifacts. CONCLUSION Application of fat suppression in the standard CPMG sequence improved the capability of MRI in noninvasive quantification of iron, particularly in lipid-rich tissues, such as vertebral bone marrow (VBM) and pancreas.
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Alústiza Echeverría JM, Castiella A, Emparanza JI. Quantification of iron concentration in the liver by MRI. Insights Imaging 2012; 3:173-80. [PMID: 22696043 PMCID: PMC3314738 DOI: 10.1007/s13244-011-0132-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2010] [Revised: 09/20/2011] [Accepted: 09/26/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Measurement of liver iron concentration is a key parameter for the management of patients with primary and secondary haemochromatosis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has already demonstrated high accuracy to quantify liver iron content. To be able to improve the current management of patients that are found to have iron overload, we need a reproducible, standardised method that is, or can easily be made, widely available. METHODS This article discusses the different MRI techniques and models to quantify liver iron concentration that are currently available and envisaged for the near future from a realistic perspective. RESULTS T2 relaxometry methods are more accurate than signal intensity ratio (SIR) methods and they are reproducible but are not yet standardised or widely available. SIR methods, on the other hand, are very specific for all levels of iron overload and, what is more, they are also reproducible, standardised and already widely available. CONCLUSIONS For these reasons, today, both methods remain necessary while progress is made towards universal standardisation of the relaxometry technique.
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Vag T, Kentouche K, Krumbein I, Reichenbach JR, Lopatta E, Renz DM, Stenzel M, Beck J, Kaiser WA, Mentzel HJ. Noninvasive measurement of liver iron concentration at MRI in children with acute leukemia: initial results. Pediatr Radiol 2011; 41:980-4. [PMID: 21674286 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-011-2122-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2010] [Revised: 01/06/2011] [Accepted: 01/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Routine assessment of body iron load in patients with acute leukemia is usually done by serum ferritin (SF) assay; however, its sensitivity is impaired by different conditions including inflammation and malignancy. OBJECTIVE To estimate, using MRI, the extent of liver iron overload in children with acute leukemia and receiving blood transfusions, and to examine the association between the degree of hepatic iron overload and clinical parameters including SF and the transfusion iron load (TIL). MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 25 MRI measurements of the liver were performed in 15 children with acute leukemia (mean age 9.75 years) using gradient-echo sequences. Signal intensity ratios between the liver and the vertebral muscle (L/M ratio) were calculated and compared with SF-levels. TIL was estimated from the cumulative blood volume received, assuming an amount of 200 mg iron per transfused red blood cell unit. RESULTS Statistical analysis revealed good correlation between the L/M SI ratio and TIL (r = -0.67, P = 0.002, 95% confidence interval CI = -0.83 to -0.34) in patients with acute leukemia as well as between L/M SI ratio and SF (r = -0.76, P = 0.0003, 95% CI = -0.89 to -0.52). CONCLUSION SF may reliably reflect liver iron stores as a routine marker in patients suffering from acute leukemia.
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- Tibor Vag
- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany.
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Sirlin CB, Reeder SB. Magnetic resonance imaging quantification of liver iron. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 2011; 18:359-81, ix. [PMID: 21094445 DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2010.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Iron overload is the histologic hallmark of hereditary hemochromatosis and transfusional hemosiderosis but also may occur in chronic hepatopathies. This article provides an overview of iron deposition and diseases where liver iron overload is clinically relevant. Next, this article reviews why quantitative noninvasive biomarkers of liver iron would be beneficial. Finally, we describe current state-of-the-art methods for quantifying iron with MR imaging and review remaining challenges and unsolved problems.
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- Claude B Sirlin
- Liver Imaging Group, Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, 408 Dickinson Street, San Diego, CA 92103-8226, USA.
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Marro K, Otto R, Kolokythas O, Shimamura A, Sanders JE, McDonald GB, Friedman SD. A simulation-based comparison of two methods for determining relaxation rates from relaxometry images. Magn Reson Imaging 2011; 29:497-506. [PMID: 21333480 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2010] [Revised: 09/27/2010] [Accepted: 11/28/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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When assessing liver iron content using relaxometry, an average relaxation rate (R1, R2 or R2*) is usually determined from a region of interest or the entire liver. This is commonly performed by fitting the signal decay in individual voxels to an appropriate relaxation function. The voxel-level parameters resulting from the fits are combined to determine the average relaxation rate, and an empirically derived calibration curve is used to convert this single value to iron content. The goal of this study was to compare the precision and accuracy of this voxel-wise fitting to an alternative method that relies on first averaging the signals from all voxels within the region of interest and then determining the relaxation rate from a single fit. Systematic differences were observed when both methods were applied to clinical images. Mathematical simulations were employed to determine which method provided more robust estimates of the true relaxation rate. The mathematical simulations were then expanded to include a range of conditions expected in typical relaxometry images. The results show that voxel-wise fitting skews the relaxation rate estimates and increases variance, particularly when the true relaxation rate is moderate to fast, as it would be in liver with high iron content. The potential impact of these results on clinical decisions is discussed.
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- Kenneth Marro
- Department of Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Estimation of cardiac left ventricular ejection fraction in transfusional cardiac iron overload by R2* magnetic resonance. Int J Hematol 2010; 92:708-12. [DOI: 10.1007/s12185-010-0719-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2010] [Revised: 10/18/2010] [Accepted: 10/27/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ghugre NR, Wood JC. Relaxivity-iron calibration in hepatic iron overload: probing underlying biophysical mechanisms using a Monte Carlo model. Magn Reson Med 2010; 65:837-47. [PMID: 21337413 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2010] [Revised: 08/26/2010] [Accepted: 09/01/2010] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Iron overload is a serious condition for patients with β-thalassemia, transfusion-dependent sickle cell anemia, and inherited disorders of iron metabolism. MRI is becoming increasingly important in noninvasive quantification of tissue iron, overcoming the drawbacks of traditional techniques (liver biopsy). Effective transverse relaxation rate (1/effective transverse relaxation time) rises linearly with iron while transverse relaxation rate (1/T2) has a curvilinear relationship in human liver. Although recent work has demonstrated clinically valid estimates of human liver iron, the calibration varies with MRI sequence, field strength, iron chelation therapy, and organ imaged, forcing recalibration in patients. To understand and correct these limitations, a thorough understanding of the underlying biophysics is of critical importance. Toward this end, a Monte Carlo-based approach, using human liver as a "model" tissue system, was used to determine the contribution of particle size and distribution on MRI signal relaxation. Relaxivities were determined for hepatic iron concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 40 mg iron per gram dry tissue weight. Model predictions captured the linear and curvilinear relationship of effective transverse relaxation rate and transverse relaxation rate with hepatic iron concentrations, respectively, and were within in vivo confidence bounds; contact or chemical exchange mechanisms were not necessary. A validated and optimized model will aid understanding and quantification of iron-mediated relaxivity in tissues where biopsy is not feasible (heart and spleen).
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- Nilesh R Ghugre
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90027-0034, USA
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Sénégas J, Liu W, Dahnke H, Song H, Jordan EK, Frank JA. Fast T(2) relaxometry with an accelerated multi-echo spin-echo sequence. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2010; 23:958-967. [PMID: 20878973 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A new method has been developed to reduce the number of phase-encoding steps in a multi-echo spin-echo imaging sequence allowing fast T(2) mapping without loss of spatial resolution. In the proposed approach, the k-space data at each echo time were undersampled and a reconstruction algorithm that exploited the temporal correlation of the MR signal in k-space was used to reconstruct alias-free images. A specific application of this algorithm with multiple-receiver acquisition, offering an alternative to existing parallel imaging methods, has also been introduced. The fast T(2) mapping method has been validated in human brain T(2) measurements in a group of nine volunteers with acceleration factors up to 3.4. The results demonstrated that the proposed method exhibited excellent linear correlation with the regular T(2) mapping with full sampling and achieved better image reconstruction and T(2) mapping with respect to SNR and reconstruction artifacts than the selected reference acceleration techniques. The new method has also been applied for quantitative tracking of injected magnetically labeled breast cancer cells in the rat brain with acceleration factors of 1.8 and 3.0. The proposed technique can provide an effective approach for accelerated T(2) quantification, especially for experiments with single-channel coil when parallel imaging is not applicable.
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Armand P, Kim HT, Rhodes J, Sainvil MM, Cutler C, Ho VT, Koreth J, Alyea EP, Hearsey D, Neufeld EJ, Fleming MD, Steen H, Anderson D, Kwong RY, Soiffer RJ, Antin JH. Iron overload in patients with acute leukemia or MDS undergoing myeloablative stem cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2010; 17:852-60. [PMID: 20854920 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2010] [Accepted: 09/13/2010] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Patients with hematologic malignancies undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) commonly have an elevated serum ferritin prior to HSCT, which has been associated with increased mortality after transplantation. This has led to the suggestion that iron overload is common and deleterious in this patient population. However, the relationship between serum ferritin and parenchymal iron overload in such patients is unknown. We report a prospective study of 48 patients with acute leukemia (AL) or myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) undergoing myeloablative HSCT, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to estimate liver iron content (LIC) and cardiac iron. The median (and range) pre-HSCT value of serum ferritin was 1549 ng/mL (20-6989); serum hepcidin, 59 ng/mL (10-468); labile plasma iron, 0 LPI units (0.0-0.9). Eighty-five percent of patients had hepatic iron overload (HIO), and 42% had significant HIO (LIC ≥5.0 mg/gdw). Only 1 patient had cardiac iron overload. There was a strong correlation between pre-HSCT serum ferritin and estimated LIC (r = .75), which was mostly dependent on prior transfusion history. Serum hepcidin was appropriately elevated in patients with HIO. Labile plasma iron elevation was rare. A regression calibration analysis supported the hypothesis that elevated pre-HSCT LIC is significantly associated with inferior post-HSCT survival. These results contribute to our understanding of the prevalence, mechanism, and consequences of iron overload in HSCT.
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- Philippe Armand
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Maniam S, Szklaruk J. Magnetic resonance imaging: Review of imaging techniques and overview of liver imaging. World J Radiol 2010; 2:309-22. [PMID: 21160685 PMCID: PMC2999331 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v2.i8.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2010] [Revised: 06/24/2010] [Accepted: 07/15/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the liver is slowly transitioning from a problem solving imaging modality to a first line imaging modality for many diseases of the liver. The well established advantages of MRI over other cross sectional imaging modalities may be the basis for this transition. Technological advancements in MRI that focus on producing high quality images and fast imaging, increasing diagnostic accuracy and developing newer function-specific contrast agents are essential in ensuring that MRI succeeds as a first line imaging modality. Newer imaging techniques, such as parallel imaging, are widely utilized to shorten scanning time. Diffusion weighted echo planar imaging, an adaptation from neuroimaging, is fast becoming a routine part of the MRI liver protocol to improve lesion detection and characterization of focal liver lesions. Contrast enhanced dynamic T1 weighted imaging is crucial in complete evaluation of diseases and the merit of this dynamic imaging relies heavily on the appropriate timing of the contrast injection. Newer techniques that include fluoro-triggered contrast enhanced MRI, an adaptation from 3D MRA imaging, are utilized to achieve good bolus timing that will allow for optimum scanning. For accurate interpretation of liver diseases, good understanding of the newer imaging techniques and familiarity with typical imaging features of liver diseases are essential. In this review, MR sequences for a time efficient liver MRI protocol utilizing newer imaging techniques are discussed and an overview of imaging features of selected common focal and diffuse liver diseases are presented.
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Matter RM, Allam KE, Sadony AM. Gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging study of pancreatic iron overload in young Egyptian beta-thalassemia major patients and effect of splenectomy. Diabetol Metab Syndr 2010; 2:23. [PMID: 20398341 PMCID: PMC2873247 DOI: 10.1186/1758-5996-2-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2009] [Accepted: 04/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Thalassemic patients suffer from diabetes mellitus secondary to hemosiderosis. AIMS The study aimed to evaluate pancreatic iron overload by T2*-weighted Gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in young beta-thalassemia major patients and to correlate it with glucose disturbances, hepatic hemosiderosis, serum ferritin and splenectomy. METHODS Forty thalassemic patients (20 non diabetic, 10 diabetic, and 10 with impaired glucose tolerance) were recruited from Pediatric Hematology Clinic, in addition to 20 healthy controls. All patients underwent clinical assessment and laboratory investigations included complete blood count, liver function tests, serum ferritin and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). A T2*-weighted gradient-echo sequence MRI was performed with 1.5 T scanner and signal intensity ratio (SIR) of the liver and the pancreas to noise were calculated. RESULTS Significant reduction in signal intensity ratio (SIR) of the liver and the pancreas was shown in thalassemic patients compared to controls (P < 0.0001), Thalassemic patients with abnormal glucose tolerance; including diabetics and thalassemics with impaired glucose tolerance; displayed a higher degree of pancreatic and hepatic siderosis compared to thalassemics with normal glucose tolerance or controls (P < 0.001, P < 0.0001). Splenectomized thalassemic patients had significantly lower SIR of pancreas compared to non splenectomized patients (P < 0.05). A strong correlation was present between hepatic and pancreatic siderosis in studied patients (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS pancreatic siderosis can be detected by T2* gradient-echo MRI since childhood in thalassemic patients, and is more evident in patients with abnormal glucose tolerance. After splenectomy, iron deposition may be accelerated in the pancreas. Follow up of thalassemic patients using pancreatic MRI together with intensive chelation therapy may help to prevent the development of overt diabetes.
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- Randa M Matter
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
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Accurate evaluation of iron overload is necessary to establish the diagnosis of hemochromatosis and guide chelation treatment in transfusion-dependent anemia. The liver is the primary site for iron storage in patients with hemochromatosis or transfusion-dependent anemia, therefore, liver iron concentration (LIC) accurately reflects total body iron stores. In the past 20 years, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged as a promising method for measuring LIC in a variety of diseases. We review the potential role of MRI in LIC determination in the most important disorders that are characterized by iron overload, that is, thalassemia major, other hemoglobinopathies, acquired anemia, and hemochromatosis. Most studies have been performed in thalassemia major and MRI is currently a widely accepted method for guiding chelation treatment in these patients. However, the lack of correlation between liver and cardiac iron stores suggests that both organs should be evaluated with MRI, since cardiac disease is the leading cause of death in this population. It is also unclear which MRI method is the most accurate since there are no large studies that have directly compared the different available techniques. The role of MRI in the era of genetic diagnosis of hemochromatosis is also debated, whereas data on the accuracy of the method in other hematological and liver diseases are rather limited. However, MRI is a fast, non-invasive and relatively accurate diagnostic tool for assessing LIC, and its use is expected to increase as the role of iron in the pathogenesis of liver disease becomes clearer.
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